Aaron - Eat More Pie

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Dad, nurse, poor ukulele player, want to paddle all of the lakes, bake and eat all the sweets, ride my bike fast, run not as fast, losing at table tennis to my kids. Love my flawed city of Saint Paul. Anti-fascist. Anti-racist.

Brown dog, wagging its tail with its tongue way out of its mouth
A sumo wrestler pulls up his robe to reveal an incredibly muscled leg.
Sparky the sea lion holding a Blaze Credit Union branded frisbee in front of a tank at the Como Zoo.
A drawing of a multi-eyed rodent with eight legs and a long tail. Around the picture, letters have been cut out of magazines to say, "I know where you sleep. the Stag Rat."
Red fading to orange mountain bike with front suspension. Blue water bottle in the cage.
Brown dog carrying a small metal bowl in his mouth in a way that obscures his vision.
A grid of 9 letters (LSDAEBRMC) with the E in the middle and highlighted and a score of 842 points at the bottom
3/4 of a pie. Thin pink apple slices are arranged in a rose pattern.
A brown dog curled up on a dog bed, looking very tired, but still watchful.
Fred, a medium sized brown dog laying in a Grey dog bed.
Medium sized brown dog standing behind his chicken toy in a dining roo. His ears flop forward and his tail is mid wag.
An ornate gold-framed mirror on a burgundy wall. Reflection is said to reveal if a lodge member has any spirits occupying their person. I can't tell 'cause the mirror cuts off the top half of my head.
Smoke obscured sky. View is over the top of a brown brick building and over a river. The horizon is very close, with difficult to see buildings in the near distance.
A slice of pie held in front of the rest of the pie. Thinly sliced pink-colored apples arranged in a rose shape. Gaps appear between some of the apple layers.
A pie on a counter. Thinly sliced pink-colored apples are arranged in concentric circles to look like a rose bloom. A pink sauce, of sorts, covers some of the slices of apple.
A Japanese man crouched on a clay sumo ring. He stands in front of a crowd of spectators. He has a black hat and carries a ceremonial fan in his right hand. He wears a cream colored robe with orange trim and delicate hand-sized dragonflies.
front view of the gyoji. He is slightly crouching, holding his ceremonial fan with sumo spectators in the background. He wears a black hat. His cream-colored robe has delicate dragonflies on it and orange trim.
Pictures of 42 sumo wrestlers, arranged in 9 rows. Xs show my selections for the fantasy tournament.
Acreen shot of a text message with the name of my kid obscured. It says, "[redacted] said he ran by the Wipple building and gave it the middle finger" followed by a "laughing" emoji. The text message has a heart reaction.
A bowl of triangular sambusas covered with red and green sauce. The text reads: Peri-Peri Bowl. Fried peri-peri hot chicken, seasoned with African Bird's Eye chili peppers, garlic, lemon and herbs. Combined with mini beef sambusas and fried with sweet plaintains, all topped with peri-peri sauce and choice of: basbaas (spicy Somali green chili pepper sauce) or spicy red chili sauce.
Me (middle with MN flag jersey) and my two teen boys with our mountain bikes in front of a lake overlooking. Tall pines line the crystal blue waters below lazy clouds in a blue sky.
A row of bushes in front of a small open field of wildflowers. A small building with solar panels has the head and tail of a dragon extending from the peak. A pond in the distance peaking out from between pines which line the whole scene.
My then 15 year-old in a my old. Maroon letter jacket. On the jacket are two Ms, Aaron, 96, and a lyre. The jacket is too big for him, and he clearly isn't interested in wearing the jacket.
The Misfits, from the '80s cartoon Jem!
A "gold" goblet with a dragon wrapped around it, which is holding a sword. An orange "gem" us embedded above the dragon.
Selfie in a mirror where the mirror doesn't even come up to my shoulders
Wall of a bathroom stall with assorted stickers and graffiti. Circled are the words, "Call your sister!" written in black marker.
Mirror selfie in a grungy bar bathroom
Waves crashing on the sandy beach of Park Point in Duluth.
Breaking 3-4' waves rolling in on Park Point, with the hills if Duluth on the horizon.
A small fire by the edge of the Mississippi, with green trees all around. Two kids skip rocks at the river edge.
A package of Fun Dip and a picture of an ice cream cone and a heart-shaped lolly pop drawn on blue construction paper with the words, "Thanks for helping my dad throw this jony" and "Hapoy father's day!"
A fluted tart with a light lavender colored creamy filling, studded with blueberries.
Limited edition Laser Loon image for the Saint Paul Public Library. A black and white loon with a laser coming from its eye swims on a green and blue field above the word "read" in red.
A selection of pies and mini-pies on a picnic table
A double crust pie with the red berry filling showing through letters cut out of the top crust that spell out "CAESAR". A knife is stick into the pie as well.
A pie filled with bright red strawberries
Screenshot of livestream of workers on scafolding preparing to take Donald Trump's name of the facade of the Kennedy Center. the number 82,120 has been circled in the bottom left.
Brak, an alien with red skin and black markings around elongated green eyes. He also has prominent teeth with extended lower fangs. He's giving a friendly wave.
A map of southwest Saint Paul, with a red and yellow overlay of the map of Black Rock City, the site of Burning Man. The overlay map covers pretty much all of Highland Park and some of Mac-Groveland.
A very 80s cartoon image of four women singing and playing instruments while wearing very 80s outfits with the logo for "Jem" in the bottom.
Tan corduroy jacket with a Saint Paul logo on the back
Selfie of me in green scrubs in front of a "floor length" mirror that only goes up to my chin
Roga, a Russian/Mongolian sumo wrestler wearing a ceremonial apron that is white with a blue design reminiscent of the Sydney Opera House, with some black Japanese lettering and gold trim.
Video of a teenager riding a mountain bike over dome bumps and jumps
First slide of my presentation "You want sumo this?" Image shows a massive sumo wrestler staring down a much smaller wrestler.
A large sumo wrestler (Shishi) stepping to the side as another sumo wrestler (Tamawashi) dives past, falling to the floor, while the crowd looks on.
Screen shot of the current leaderboard for the Fantasy Sumo League at a restaurant in Minneapolis. Aaron Olson is current tied for first with 24 points.
A lattice topped pie with dark blue filling.
Opening slide of my presentation. Text in the top left says, "You want sumo this?" and in the top right, "Unexpected new love for an ancient sport." The image on the slide is of a massive sumo wrestler staring down a much smaller wrestler in front of him.
Image of a bingo card. At the top it says, "Sumo Bingo 5/26 sumokaboom.com for info" Then in the columns and rows are the names of 25 sumo wrestlers.
Uncut rhubarb pie, with a crumble top.